After two games on the road, Lakeview is heading back home. They will take on the Slippery Rock Rockets at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Lakeview's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Slippery Rock's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Lakeview is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Wilmington on Monday. They fell just short of the Greyhounds by a score of 3-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lakeview has scored all season.
Lakeview saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garet Guthrie, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Slippery Rock put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Hickory with a sharp 10-3 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Slippery Rock considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Isaac McCandless and Austan Runtas were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, McCandless struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Meanwhile, Runtas tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, McCandless went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run, while Runtas scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sal Mineo, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Ryan Double, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Lakeview's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2. As for Slippery Rock, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
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